Makes me wonder what the video for the cover is like. White tennis outfits? Shimmery dresses with giant puff sleeves? Running to the airplane to escape a frightening fake tan and perfect coiffure? How does all that translate to today?

Over the weekend I heard a truly wretched angsty girly version of Aerosmith’s Dream On, and also some emo-boy whiner rock version of Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time, both of which were entirely unnecessary.

I’m not sure which was more painful, hearing those covers or writing the previous sentence. I mean, seriously, we fought our way out of the primordial ooze for THAT? Jebus.

They’re hardly the first band to cover that song, it’s had a long life as a strip-mine victim.
I will always have to live with the memory of hearing the Muzak version of Dio’s Rainbow in the Dark once while shopiing though..

Old fartdom comes with hearing ’80s songs in the ’80s as a teenager, and hearing covers two decades later.

It would be remiss of me not to mention Cradle of Filth’s cover of Heaven 17’s “Tempation” – I’m always a mixture of appalled and giggling when I listen to it.

I’d love to see a rapper rip through Cory Hart’s “Sunglasses at night” – bear in mind as an Australian I’m a hardcore AC/DC Bon Scott era fan and Hayseed Dixie’s “A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC” makes me giggle with delight. I’m not overly precious about the ’80s music these days.